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  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,953
    Presumably there will come a point where most cars are electric and therefore petrol stations start to become more scarce and petrol more expensive. On that basis alone, bikes will have to go electric to be practical as transport.

    I can see myself getting one as a commuter in the next few years once the big players start getting models out and the price comes down a bit. There was talk of the main manufacturers getting together to agree a battery standard so that batteries could be swapped out rather than recharged (ie drop off your flat battery and pick up a charged one) but not sure haw far they have got with that beyond the press release.
    ddraver said:

    I'll be honest, I'm not sure what the point of forcing motorbikes to go electric has come from in this sense. I seriously question if a small petrol-powered bike rated to Euro15 - or whatever it will be by 2035 - is going to be any less ecological than an e-motorbike...

  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    edited December 2021


  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,515
    I had a thought last week while watching the F1. Why do people insist on low profile tyres? Obviously not needed if F1 doesn't use them. 🤔
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    I certainly don't get low profile tyres on SUV's.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    edited December 2021
    I'm not a avid fan of F1, but today should be pretty spectacular.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,712
    pblakeney said:

    I had a thought last week while watching the F1. Why do people insist on low profile tyres? Obviously not needed if F1 doesn't use them. 🤔

    Arbitrary Rules rules rules. They have stuck with the "small" wheels for ages, originally to limit the size of the brake discs that could be fitted.

    Next year F1 goes from 13" to 18" wheels.
    Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    Quite a difference.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,515
    Wheelspinner said:

    pblakeney said:

    I had a thought last week while watching the F1. Why do people insist on low profile tyres? Obviously not needed if F1 doesn't use them. 🤔

    Arbitrary Rules rules rules. They have stuck with the "small" wheels for ages, originally to limit the size of the brake discs that could be fitted.

    Next year F1 goes from 13" to 18" wheels.
    Thanks!
    They will still be using relatively fat tyres though.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    edited December 2021
    Wheelspinner said:

    Has the shortage of AdBlue been raised as an issue in Europe/UK yet?

    Beginning to be serious here - China has apparently stopped exporting the primary ingredient (Urea) so there's a chronic problem looming here at least.

    urea? isn't that the bit you wee out of?

    EDIT: Oooops. Should have read Pinno's post above. Pissedaway that chance of comedy didn't I?
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Not super spectacular in Abu Dhabi, bad start from Max robbed us of a good race as Lewis has the race pace
    _
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    Safety car!?
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    Soft tyres for Redbull, it could still get tasty.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Not enough laps left
    _
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    Sh1t that's some pressure.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    Fvcking hell.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    Hell fvck.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    Verstappen!

    Fair, controversy. Blimey!
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,407
    Not a sport any more
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    That was a too last minute call for me regarding overtaking.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,515
    Glad I stuck with it!
    There'll be arguments but Red Bull won the tyre change tactics.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    Wow, not watched a GP for years, but what an ending!
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    Damn, and will Hamilton be out of the big one now, SPOTY?
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    Mercedes are going to be so, so, so pissed at that!
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    That bloody mechanical and having a safety car having to come out, I mean just seems such a tangent.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,407
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Wow, not watched a GP for years, but what an ending!

    In what way? It's a total farce. Particularly given the safety car race at Spa.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ridiculous
    _
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,156
    That's why sport it the best entertainment.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    edited December 2021
    First.Aspect said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Wow, not watched a GP for years, but what an ending!

    In what way? It's a total farce. Particularly given the safety car race at Spa.
    Because it came down to a one lap shoot out, and Red Bull were so much smarter with the safety car pit stops.
    Whether right or wrong at the end, it was massive drama.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,407
    focuszing723 said:

    That's why sport it the best entertainment.

    It's owned by a media company.

    This will be on "Bad Sport" in a few years.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,407
    Only 5 lapped cars let through. Unprecedented. Making the rules up as they go along.

    Can Michael Masi continue?

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